Leslie Raymond Shaw

I whānau mai i te 17 Jan 1901 - I mate atu i te 3 Mar 1947

Nama Hōia: WWI 4/33a AWMM
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Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Air Force AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW1 Driver/Military AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 1 Field Company AWMM
2nd Lieutenant/Military AWMM Royal Air Force AWMM
Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

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Headstone, Leslie Raymond Shaw (4/33a), Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia (photo Sandra Playle 2013) - No known copyright restrictions No Known Copyright Restrictions

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The youngest ANZAC, he enlisted aged 13 years 8 months, though declaring his age as 16 years. By the end of the war he had served 3 years 82 days with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and had re-enlisted to serve with the Royal Air Force again in France.

Embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandria 12 April 1915

His mother petitioned for his discharge in 1917; he then re-enlisted gaining a commission with the Royal Air Force to serve in France and after the war in India.

After the war he was a planter, a pioneer pilot in New Guinea and then when settled in Perth, Australia he worked in broadcasting. AWMM
Leslie Raymond Shaw was born on the 17th January 1901 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

He enlisted into the N.Z.E.F on the 28th September 1914 (SN 4/33A) with the British Section, N.Z.E.F which consisted of men enlisting in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in England with Shaw being one of the 232 men in that particular section. He'd be transferred to the Engineers following his arrival into Egypt, and would land onto Gallipoli with them on April 25th, 1915. He'd later see action in France until just after the Third Ypres when he revealed his age, which led to his discharge on the 18th December, 1917. Even though he was discharged from the N.Z.E.F, he managed to join the R.A.F in May 1918, getting the rank of Temporary Second Lieutenant on October 14th, 1918 as an Observer in 62 Squadron. He stated he was born in 1900 to join the R.A.F, but in reality he was actually 17! He saw action over the Rhine throughout October 1918-June 1919 and was de-mobbed on January 5th, 1920. He managed to get a short service commission on September 15th, 1923 and was apart of 20(AC) Squadron on the Northwest Frontier in December 1924 to June 1926. He resigned his commission in July 1926. In 1927, he told the Evening post his ambitious plan to fly from England to Japan with Flight Lieutenant Edgar Allan Gornall (/explore/people/126489)

On February 15th, 1928 he was flying over New Guinea when he crashed. There were no flares to guide him in so he decided to land blindly in the dark which gave him serious injuries, leaving the plane badly broken. Into the mid to late 30s, he seems to have not had much employment. t

He transferred from the R.A.A.F Reserves to Active Service on September 8th, 1929 and was promoted to Flying Officer on October 1st, 1935. He transferred to R.A.A.F H.Q Pearce on 8th September, 1939, a just under a week after war was declared only to get discharged from the R.A.A.F medically unfit on October 6th, 1939. He'd later enlist into the A.I.F into the Recruit Reception Depot for 3 months before being discharged. He died on March 9th, 1946 in Perth.

He is one of the youngest ANZACs and probably one of the only people who was at the Gallipoli Landings who was in fact young enough to enlist into the Second Australian Imperial Force.
Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 10 October 2025 - Credit : Australian War Memorial.

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